September 2014

Jerome Burdette Naig, 77, of Murdock, died Thursday, August 28, 2014 at his home.  
Funeral services were 11 a.m., Friday, September 5, 2014, at Bethesda Lutheran Church in rural Murdock.  Burial will be held at a later date at the Calvary Lutheran Church Cemetery in Murdock.  Visitation was for one hour prior to services at the church.  
Jerome Burdette Naig was born July 12, 1937, in Benson, Minnesota, the son of Burdette P. and Alice I. (Hulberg) Naig.  He grew up in Benson and graduated from Benson High School.  Jerome lived in Murdock and worked as a surveyor for soil conservation and then worked as a welder at TCI, in Benson, before retiring in 1996.  
He enjoyed watching sports, hunting, fishing, spending time with family, and tooling around Murdock visiting friends and neighbors.  
Jerome passed away  Thursday, August 28, 2014, at his home in Murdock, Minnesota.  He attained the age of 77 years, one month, and 16 days.

Robert Francis Hughes,86, of Chatfield, Minnesota, died peacefully on Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at the Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield where he was a resident for 5 months.  

Robert was born August 24, 1928 to James T. and Lauretta (Gallagher) Hughes in Marysland Township, near Danvers, Minnesota.  He grew up on the family farm, and enlisted in the US Navy in 1946.  He returned to the farm in 1948 until he moved to Chatfield in 1962.  He was employed at the Chatfield Hatchery as a egg truck route driver, and eventually purchased the truck route business.  Bob also worked at Chatfield Farm Service, as well as AFC (now Strongwell) until retiring in 1995.

The Benson-KMS boys and girls cross-country teams opened up the 2014 season at the Morris Area Invitational last Monday night at the Pomme de Terre Golf Course in Morris.  
The Benson-KMS boys finished fourth of 12 teams at the Morris meet, while the girls did not have a complete team.  
The Benson-KMS boys cross-country team, coached by CeCe Terlouw and Micah Driscoll, includes seniors Taner Gimberlin, Matt Hoffman, and Nick Turnquist; junior Samuel Rosemeier; sophomores Devin Bundy, Jacob Webster, Josh Bailey, Philipp Weber, and Riley Johnston; ninth-graders Jacob Narragon and Jonathan Tostenson; and eighth-graders Brady Ascheman, Dylan Stewart, Ethan Peters, Henry Dammeyer, JT Driscoll, and JayEven McGee; and Derrick Halvorson.
The girls team meanwhile, includes senior Jessica Goff; junior Maddie Almen; sophomores Libby Peters and Serenity Driscoll; eighth-grader Ashley Tostenson; and Elizabeth Porter.

The Benson volleyball team followed up their three-game sweep of Lac qui Parle in the opener last Monday night with a four-game loss to BOLD, Thursday at home.  Benson won the first game between two of the top teams in the WCC South, but the Warriors would rally to win the final three games to complete the 20-25, 25-22, 25-23, 25-19 victory.
This week, Benson is set to host ACGC, Thursday (tomorrow) before playing at YME, Tuesday, Sept. 9.

BOLD 3, Benson 1
The Braves struggled with accuracy and consistency, Thursday during a match with the BOLD and the result was a four-game loss to the 2013 league champions.
Benson won the first game, 25-20, but BOLD won the next two matches.